Fastener for securing doors.



C. G. KUSTER-ER.

FASTENER FOR SECURING DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.25, 1910.

960,961. Patented June 7,1910.

Witnesses CARL. CI. KUSTERZIE' UNITED CARL C. KUSTERER. OF GRAFI RAPIDS, M

AND MINER S. KEELER, BOTH m'i'ATE-S PATENT ()FEICE.

ICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T ISAAC H. KEELER 0F GRAND IRAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

FASTBNER FOR- SECUKING DOORS.

Patented June 7, 1910. Serial No 545,925.

Be it known that LVCARL citizen of the Unltvd States aiding at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented nor! am new and usc-tnl Improvements in Fnsmwrs for Securing Doors; and I do hereby (ltClH'Q the fi'illowing to he a full, clear, and exact description of the; invention, such will onnhle others slcilhwl in the art L to which it :ippertnins to make and use'tho i some.

My HtYtllllOI! rvlntc-s to improvements 5:

owl more particularly to (lo-vice \vhirh are adjustable to conform to any Plight nix-intion and hold the door scrurvly without any loosreness or (homo for vihrution.

My invention consists U '(lllllllly of u do vu'c :nlnptod ti he autzu-hcil to tho lixuil Zlllti I movuhlo IHU'iS of :1 stru fturv, nut-i1 n dam and its casing, or a box ttlltl itsoover, one f port of SnKl liovico hoing in tho nature ot it I pot-t having a l'vt'uss therein. and tho othvr u pivott-d husp longiti'ihnully nil imnhlo and with :1 yoke illlilllllli to vmhrmzo tho po t,

:Hul u pivoted lovor :ulnptvil to cngnn'o the post the pivot oi \vhu-h ad usttowuril and fr m tho pivot oi the husp mvmlmt' tucloRvly 5 voyage tho post. and lr-v -r nncl take. up any thus hrznly holil slzurk tln'rlmuvot-u. and tho door to which tho ilovu'e IS nttzu'hoil, and

inching ol the ii-r or raising. us will more Q fully nppi-nr hy rofcr nre to tho ni-rompuuy mg: drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 u. plan Hl'l'lltill of parts of the sumo to l'urjhor illuslrnlitho construction.

Lilo: numbers refer to iiho parts in :ill of llll ligurvs.

l ilLHl 2 rvprvsont tho two parts ol any --lrmluro to \vhirh my th-vn-e may he upplii-iL H'lI as a door nml its inning. 'lo

:itlurhwl )lnli's ll nml l to which nnhl )luto is pivotmi one end of :1 pin 5, hy moons of u lu-ml on the pin urrnngcil hotvvm-n logs on thaplulr :mil journulvil on u pin i'xloniling through tho lugs :lnil hczul, on which pin is mounti-il :i longitudinally movable i-nsing in \Yllltll is prvfcrnhly inclosed u spring 7 surrounding the pin 5, engaging the musing C. Kt'simuan, n ot' funerico, 1"3- ing null rloniir; this ilovicv,

3 a lomritwlinnl :tlone (uni, ZUHl o .wnshcr or not 8 on the TlUS' en-l of tho pin at the other inrl. spring 18 rmnprvssed within the rztsing and lclltl to i-xpunil and fort-o tho rnsing to- 'Zllll tho pivot of the pin. in some cases .\-i:ro\v thrmuts on the raising and pin 1ml) he Slilnllllllfil for tho spring. and the casing longitudinally :Hljllal'ktl hy turniig the sown; immul of :uitomuticully :uljustml by the spring,

FiJ-nol on tho using and extending he 10 jourunlezl on u pin i-xicniling through the oihi-r NHL of thiyoliv ninl huvin :in up turuv-zi :mil l'UlllHlUtl and between tilt: memlwrs oi tlnyoke and extending upward at.

Thin post is also pro-- 1 twoon tho momhors 1 and 2 and above the plate 4, ix :1 yoko H m whirh In pivoted a lever fuslrltt'l'a for sw-nrur; doorsorothorolosurcs.

= no ini-linulion from its pivot above the line] drawn lit-town thu pivots of the pin 11 v tho pin 5 Zlllli lvvrr 1 beyond the mime,

ma l. to hohl the vol-:0 in f. we hon (lost-(l uni! prvvvnt llH' FHIHC' from hung acciden- ('Hr. tho doviro lacing (spec lull}; mlupl il to ho llfitli on vohivlvs and the ike. In openfho spring T will ivlil :inil thuvpvrznit the owl 11 to [H tho plane of tho pivots of the pin and lvvor. and again (onlrut'l to lH)l(l the parts in (low rolntiou. i no! ri-quir-z l. n Ntl'lW :uljuslmont 11)- Pm-oil i-uu hiiwvil nnil tho (llVlt'l wil he upt'l'HllH'.

What I illlllll is I l. t'nhtvnvr, romprking n pin pivotvil :n ono i-nil. pm'l lowing n rwws in the shin oppmitv to tho pin. a (:lfil' :uiiofiluhhon lhu pitn volw (mi-ruling irom tho ruse nnil olulirui-ing tlupost. :unl :i lm'vr pivotml n s in the post.

If lhi viohling uontnctf L. i\ l'nntoml', comprising two plntta of pin pivotul at HH' ou to 0th plate, a post on tho otlwr plate h:\\'in a rm'osu in the side oppositifrom the pin, a vast sliilahle on the pin, a spring in the cow adapted to move the case toward the pivot of the pin, a yoke fixed at one end to the case and embracing the post, and a lever pivoted in the other end of the yoke and engaging the recess of the post.

A fastener, comprising a pin pivoted at one end, a post having a recees 1n the side opposite to the pin, means for separately attaching the pivoted end of the pin and the post, a yoke movably connected to the pin at one end and embracing the post, a lever pivoted in the other end of the yoke engaging the recess in the post and adapted to swing through the plane of the pivots, andavspring on the pm adapted to yieldingly force the yoke toward the pivot of the pin.

4. A fastener, comprising two plates adapted to be respectively secured to a door and a casing, a pin pivoted at one end to one plate, & )OSl) on the other plate having a recess in the side opposite to the pin, a casing morable on the pin, a spring surrounding the pin and engaging the casing at one end and engaging a nut or washer on the pin at the other end, a yoke fixed on the casing atone. end and embracing the post, a lever pivoted in the end of the yoke and having a rounded end engaging the reced to swing through the plane of the said pivots and beyond the same.

In testimony whereof I athx my signature in PI'QSCIMG of two witnesses.

CARL C. KUSTERERQ \Vitnesse" (hzoneuxn Crmcn, Mlxxm JouNsox.

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